Permit Limitations News Today

Bp used it voluntarily on its british rigs, it was not included here. in addition to that, bp didnt put a deep well valve, a shutoff valve that would be 200 feet below the level of the sand. its standard operating procedure. they didnt put it there because it would have cost a few more bucks for them. theres also some indication that bp was drilling way beyond its permit limitations. the permit limitations allowed bp to go down to 18,000 feet. apparently they were already at 20 -- between 22 and...

North sea and it is used by bp on all of its north sea rigs. it is called an accostic regulator device and it can remotely turn or shut off the pipe in the event of a blowout. they did not have one on this pipe. they were excused from having that in a 2003 meeting with dick cheney in which he said -- he absolved the oil industry from installing the safety devices in its offshore rigs. they also didnt have a dope-well valve, apparently, which is another valve that is 200 feet below the surface of...